Adjustable garment form



Dec; 31, 1935. M 1 SCHREIER 2,026,325

- ADJUSTABLE GARMENT FORM Filed Oct. 23, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTORMAX L..SCHREIER B Y 6 A TTORN:

Dem 1935- M. L. SCHREIER ADJUSTABLE GARMENT FORM Filed Oct, 23, 1935 2Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR MAX L. SCHRE/ER I ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 31,1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ADJUSTABLE GARMENT FORM Max L.Schreier, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application October 23, 1933, SerialNo.694,757

5 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvementsin an adjustablegarment form.

The present application relates to the subject matter in my abandonedapplication filed on April 17, 1930, Serial Number 445,117.

The invention has for an object the construction of an article asmentioned which is characterized by an arrangement whereby certainportions of the form may be expanded (and also contracted) in,apre-determined fashion so as to vary the shape and size of the form.

More particularly, the invention proposes to arrange the adjustablegarment form with a skirt portion having a skirt upper and a skirtlower, and arranging the garment form with a waist portion having awaist upper and a waist lower, these various parts beingadjustable in acertain predetermined relation.

As another object of this invention it is intended. to provide anarrangement whereby the skirt upper and lower portions may be expandedhorizontally and the waist lower portion expanded horizontally andverticallyrelative to the skirt portion, and the waist upper portionexpanded horizontally and vertically relative to the waist lowerportion.

Still further, the invention proposes the construction of a device asmentioned which is simple and durable and which may be manufactured andsold at a reasonable cost.

For further comprehension of the invention,

and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawings, and to the appendedclaims in which the various novel features of the invention are moreparticularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is aperspective view of an adjustable garment form according tothis invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of the garment formillustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary enlarged detailed view of a portion of Fig. 2illustrating in particular the parallel post.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on the line 4-6 ofFig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on the line 5--5of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal enlarged sectional view taken on the line 6-4:,of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary enlarged sectional view of a portion of theupper portion of the post of thedevice.

Fig. 8'is. a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 88. of Fig. 2.

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on the line 9-9ofFig. 2.

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on the lineIll-l0 of Fig. 2.

The adjustable garment form, according to this invention, comprises awaist portion consisting of a Waist upper portion I0 anda waist lowerportion H, and a skirt portion consisting of a. skirt upper portion I2and a skirt. lowerportion 10 i3, and certain mechanism. for, adjustingand holding these portions in. predetermined,- posi-. tions. The waistportion and the upper, skirt portion comprise a plurality of overlappingleaves, while the skirt lower portion comprises merely a plurality ofvertical wires.

The adjustable form is supported upon;- members and frames hereinafterdescribed in detail which in turn are supported upon a vertical post Hi.This vertical post. is hollow and is rotatively immediately belowthe-flange l8 and. resiliently supported by a spring 23 whichisinterpoSedbetween the bearing 22 and a washer 24 resting. upon themember 20. The bearing 2211's. of the horizontal type and serves torotativelysupport the post l5 when the jaws 42, normally holding thepost l5, are inactive. In Fig- 3. the. parts 40 and I9 are shown brokenbetween. the bearing. 22 and the washer 241 to indicate that. these.parts. are of additional length. Similarly the spring 23 is ofadditional length. Thelength shouldbe 40 sunicient so as to allow theinterior post l5 and the parts carried by this post to move downwards toa position in. which a bumper includingv the piston element 93,hereinafter describedingreater detail, strikes against a triangularmember 4| on a rod 40 as hereinafter described, When the. jaws 32 areinactive the post l5 may move down and compress the spring 23 and reacha neutral position in which the bearing 22 is supported; on the spring.This neutral position is slightly higher than the arrested position ofthe bumper which includes the piston element 93. The arrangement is suchthat when the jaws 42 are released, and the post l5 and the partscarried end of the post l4.

portion, that is, the piston element 93 strikes against the triangularmember 4| and so arrests the downward motion. The parts will come to aposition of rest in which the spring 23 slightly lifts the post i sothat the piston 93 does not rest upon the triangular post ii but thepost I5 is supported on the bearing 22.

A spring 25 rested on the flange I8 is coaxially mounted upon the postl5 and acts against a washer 25 in intimate contact with a flange 21upon a short tubular member 28 which rotatively supports a beveled gear29 having a hub portion 35 in intimate contact with pins 3! fixed upon acollar 32, said pins 3i being fixedly attached on post l5 and supportingthe lower hub portion of another gear 33 which is rigidly fixed to thelower A gear 3A is rotative upon the end of one of the pins 33 andsimultaneously meshes with the gears 23 and 33. This gear 35 isformedwith a handle 35 so that it may be manually easily rotated. A flange 36is arranged upon the tubular member 28 and has a peg 3i engaging in avertical slot 38 in the tubular member 28 so as to support the flange 36non-rotative relative to the tubular member 28. A pointer as 'isattached upon the gear 29 and works along the periphery of the flange 36for indicating upon a scale, not illustrated in the drawings, to givethe size of the form. The function of the spring 25 is to urge thetubular member 28 upwards so that the bottom of the slot 38 engagesagainst the peg S1 and lifts the flange 35 which in turn engages thegear 29 and lifts the gear into mesh contact with the gear 34 and causesthe hub portion 35 of the gear 25 to engage against the pins 3 i A meansis provided for holding the post 5 at relatively vertical fixedpositions upon the hollow rod !9 to support the form at various elevatedpositions. This means comprises a rod as extended through the hollow rodl9 and formed with a triangular head portion 4i. A catch mechanism isarranged immediately below this triangular shaped head 4! and comprisesa pair of pivoted jaws 42 adapted to expand and engage the teeth orgrooves upon the interior or" the post [5. A spring 53 is arrangedbetween the ends of the jaws 42 to normally contract or move the jawstogether. The arrangement is such that when the rod 40 is moveddownwards the triangular member 41 engages between the jaws 42 to spreadthe jaws against the action of the spring &3 and so accomplish holdingof the jaws and the post H5. The lower end of the rod 5! connects withthe lever 35 which is pivotally mounted on a rod 46 attached upon thefeet 21. The arrangement is such that one end of the lever 2-5 may bedepressed for moving the post Ail upwards. A spring 4? is interposedbetween the washer 48 fixed on the rod 48 and the bottom of the member25 so as to normally urge the rod 46 downwards. The rod 45 isillustrated in its raised position as though someone were stepping onthe end of the lever 45.

A means is provided for horizontally expanding the lower portion E3 ofthe skirt portion of the device. This means comprises a frame consistingof hub portions 53 rotatively mounted upon the post M by reason of rings5|. A plurality of rods .52 are connected between the hub portions 55and are formed with horizontal portions for the purpose hereinafterdescribed. Bushings 53 are slidably arranged on the horizontal portionsof the rods 52 and carry members 54 which are attached at their freeends upon'the wires l3. It is necessary that a member 54 be providedforeach of the wires 13. or have a group of the wires connected as a unit.While the drawings illustrate only one member 52 in detail projectingfrom the hubs 53, the construction actually is a plurality of thesemembers radially projecting. This construction 5 is indicated in Fig. 2wherein these members are shown broken 01f. The arrangement is such thatthe skirt portion i3 may be expanded horizontally when desired.

A means is provided for accomplishing the expansion of the skirt portionand comprises a bushing 55 attach d upon each of the members 55. Each ofthe bushings 55 has a projecting thread 55 which threadedly engages intoa beveled gear 5i. Each of the beveled gears 5'1 is rotative upon studs58 which are slidable in a peripheral groove 53 formed upon a hubportion 63 rotative upon the post 54. A beveled gear 5! is fixed uponthe post it and meshes with the gear 57! which in turn meshes withanother gear 32 rotative upon the post id. The arrangement is such thatwhen the post it is rotated the gear 5% will move and rotate the gear5'! which causes extension and retraction of the thread 55 and so moveseach bushing 55 and all the members 54 radially. The gear 62 is merelyan idler gear for helping in steadying the gear 5?.

The means for radially expanding the leaves 52, that isthe upper skirtportions, comprises a frame consisting of hub portions 62 free upon thepost Hiand supporting a plurality of connecting members 33 havinghorizontal portions. Bearings 53 are slidably mounted upon thehorizontal portions and support members 65 which have their free endsformed with enlarged heads working in vertical grooves 61 formed inbrackets 68 attached upon the leaves I2. A standard 63 projects fromeach of the members 55 and supports tubular members 32 for the purposehereinafter described. Gears H with a gear 75 slidable upon the post M,except for the fact that a pin 73 engages through the hub portion of thegear 15 and through a vertical opening ll in the post. A plurality ofpins 78 project from the gears M and 75 and work in annular groovesformed in the said hub member E3. The arrangement is such that when thepost l4 rotates the pin 13 will cause the gear 15 to rotate which inturn rotates the gears II rotating the gear M which causes the entireframe to move upwards upon the post (of course depending upon the.direction of rotation). The screw members l5 project from the gears Hand threadediy engage the standard 69.

Hub portions 19 are rotative upon the post i4 and have a plurality ofprojecting radial telescopic arms 85 constituting something in thefashion of spiders. Certain of these telescopic arms connect in thevicinity of the upper edge of the skirt leaves i2 and other of thesetelescopic arms connect with the upper edge of the wire portions iii ofthe skirt portion. A rod 3! is connected between the spider arms 83 anda tubular member 82 is slidably mounted upon the rod 81. The members 69are fixed upon the tubular members 82. The arrangement is such 70 thatthe upper and lower portions of the skirt, that is, the leaves I2 of theskirt portion i3 are connected in a unit against vertical expansion. Atthe same time, the frame which expands the leaves I2 is capable ofoperating. More than this, the upper ends of the members which. engagethe brackets 68 are arranged so that the brackets are at an inclinationand consequently as the members 82 are moved upwards, the upper edges ofthe leaves l2 will be expanded at a different rate than the lower edgesof these leaves.

The construction previously described operates in the followingfashion:-Rotati0nsfrom the post l4 cause the threaded members 10 to.move the members 65 outwards which naturally expand the leaves 12.Simultaneously the structure consisting of the hubs 62 and members 63will move vertically upwards due to the construction illustrated in Fig.7 and this upward motion will cause the members 82 to move upwards sothat the heads 66 move in the opening 61 and the upper ends of themembers 82 will expand the upper edges of the leaves l2 relative to thelower edges of the leaves l2.

An arrangement is also provided for horizontally expanding andsimultaneously vertically moving the lower leaves ll of the waistportion. This means comprises a frame which consists of the hubs 62 andthe joining members 63 as previously described. The mechanism alsoincludes the gear arrangement illustrated in Fig. 7. The only variationlies in the fact that the threads are of a greater pitch than thethreads previously mentioned. This will be better understood byexamining Fig. 2. It will be noted that the threads are drawn at agreater pitch in the vicinity of the post [4 and the waist portion ofthe form than at the upper portion of the skirt portion. Thisarrangement will cause the upper frame to move upwards relative to thelower frame even though the lower frame is simultaneously movingupwards. Members 83 are slidably mounted upon the members 63 and connectwith the upper edges of the leaves l2. The members 83 rigidly connectwith elements 84 threadedly connected with the threaded member 10projecting from the gears H as previously described. A hub 85 isrotative but fixed against longitudinal sliding upon the post [4 and isprovided with a plurality of radial telescopic arms 86 which have theirouter ends connected with the upper portions I0 of the waist portion ofthe form. A rod 81 is extended between each of the telescopic arms 86and the members 84. A tube 88 is slidably mounted on each of the rods 81and each of these tubes are provided with brackets 89 which connect withthe members 83.

The construction described in the previous paragraph operates asfollowsz-After the post l4 rotates the frame will be raised due to theconstruction illustrated in Fig. 7 to cause the leaves H to movevertically upwards and simultaneously each of the gears II will berotated to cause horizontal extension of the leaves II.

The form is also provided with a neckpiece 89 threadedly engaged. uponthe upper end of the post I4. Several pins 90 project from the hubs 85and slidably engage into openings in the bottom of the neck portion soas to hold the neck portion against rotation as the post I rotates. Thiswill cause the neck portion to move upwards (or downwards depending uponthe rotation of the post). A horizontal bearing 9! is mounted within theupper end of the post 14 and connects with a piston arrangementcomprising a rod 92 connected with piston elements 93 slidable withinthe inner wall of the post M. This construction at the top of the post!4 constitutes a bumper so that in the event that the garment form islowered to its fullest extent then the piston 93 engages against. theupper end of the triangular member 4! and sosupports the form. The form,after rotation, will then be rotative upon the bearings 9| and also;upon the bearings 22.

It is thought that the operation of the device will be fully understoodfrom the above description which was structural and functional combined.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifications coming within the scope of the invention asdefined in the appendedfclaims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:-

1. In an adjustable garment form, a stationary vertical hollow rod, arod extending through said hollow rod and having a cam head at the top,a pair of inner-engaging hollow rods rotatively connected with eachother and slidable on said hollow rod, grooves formed on the inside ofthe inner one of said pair of interengaging hollow rods, jaws mounted onthe interior hollow rod and engageable with said grooves on the innerface of the intermediate hollow rod for holding the pair of hollow rodsin vertically adjusted positions, means urging said jaws intoinoperative positions, releasable means for urging said rod into aposition wherein the cam head is operative to hold the jaws in operativepositions, manual means for rotating said outer hollow rod, a sectionalgarment form supported on said outer hollow rod, and means for adjustingthe sections of said garment form when the said hollow rod is rotated.

2. In an adjustable garment form, a stationary vertical hollow rod, arod extending through said hollow rod and having a cam head at the top,a pair of inter-engaging hollow rods rotatively connected with eachother and slideable on said hollow rod, grooves formed on the inside ofthe inner one of said pair of interengaging hollow rods, jaws mounted onthe interior hollow rod and engageable with said grooves on the innerface of the intermediate hollow rod for holding the pair of hollow rodsin vertically adjusted positions,'means urging said jaws intoinoperative positions, releasable means for urging said rod into aposition wherein the cam head is operative to hold the jaws in operativepositions, manual means for rotating said outer hollow rod, a sectionalgarment form supported on said outer hollow rod, and means for adjustingthe sections of said garment form when the said hollow rod is rotated,said manual means for rotating the outer hollow rod comprising ahorizontal pivotal gear fixed on the lower end of the outer hollow rod,a vertical bevelled gear meshing with said pivotal gear and supported onthe intermediate hollow rod, and a handle for turning said verticalgear.

3. In an adjustable garment form, a stationary vertical hollow rod, arod extending through said hollow rod and having a cam head at the top,a pair of inter-engaging hollow rods rotatively connected with eachother and slideable on said hollow rod, grooves formed on the inside ofthe inner one of said pair of interengaging hollow rods, jaws mounted onthe interior hollow rod and engageable with said grooves on the innerface of the intermediate hollow rod for holding the pair of hollow rodsin vertically adjusted positions, means urging said jaws intoinoperative positions, releasable means for urging said rod into aposition wherein the cam head is operative to hold the jaws in operativepositions, manual means for rotating said outer hollow rod, a sectionalgarment form supported on said outer hollow rod, and means for adjustingthe sections of said garment form when the said-hollow rod is rotated, abearing being arranged upon the bottom of the intermediate rod, andresilient means interposed between said bearing and a stationary part.

4. In an adjustable garment form, a stationary vertical hollow rod, arod extending through said hollow rod and having a cam head at the top,a pair of inter-engaging hollow rods rotatively conneoted with eachother and slideable on said hollow rod, grooves formed on the inside ofthe inner one of said pair of interengaging hollow rods, jaws mounted onthe interior hollow rod and engageable with said grooves on the innerface of the intermediate hollow rod for holding the pair of hollow rodsin vertically adjusted positions, means urging said jaws intoinoperative positions,'releasable means for urging said rod into aposition wherein the cam head is operative to hold the jaws in operativepositions, manual means for rotating said outer hollow rod, a sectionalgarment form supported on said outer hollow rod, and means for adjustingthe sections of said garment form when the said hollow rod aoeaeas isrotated, a bearing being arranged upon the bottom of the intermediaterod, and resilient means interposed between said bearing and astationary part, a bearing mounted in the top of the outer post, aplunger extending downwards from said bearing and adapted to engage thetop of said rod when the outer and intermediate hollow posts arerelatively lower to the inner post.

5. In an adjustable garment form, a stationary vertical hollow rod, :1rod extending through said hollow rod and having a cam head at the top,a pair of inter-engaging hollow rods rotatively conheated with eachother and slideable on said hollow rod, grooves formed on the inside ofthe inner one of said pair or" interengaging hollow rods, jaws mountedon the interior hollow rod and engageable with said grooves on the innerface of the intermediate hollow rod for holding the pair of hollow rodsin vertically adjusted positions, means urging said jaws intoinoperative positions, releasable means for urging said rod into aposition wherein the cam head is operative to hold the jaws in operativepositions, manual means for rotating said outer hollow rod, a sectionalgarment form supported on said outer hollow rod, and means for adjustingthe sections of said garment form when the said hollow rod is rotated,said means for urging said jaws into inoperative positions comprising ofa foot pedal connected with said rod to operate the rod.

MAX L. SCHREIER.

